Peake · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Peake

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer homes lack a car in Peake than across South Australia, with 0% of households without a vehicle. This reliance on cars is a key feature of the area, where most homes own at least two vehicles and the typical trip to the city takes 88 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in Peake lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages. Most households are well-equipped, with 36.4% owning two vehicles and 18.2% having four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Peake, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 20.9%, which is far above the South Australian figure. While 46.5% of people drive to work and 14% walk, no one in the area uses public transport to commute.

20.9% ▼ -45.9%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 38.7%
  • 2016: 34.7%
  • 2021: 20.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.

How people get to work

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In Peake, Car (driver) is the majority at 57%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 28.85 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, this is offset by very low service levels, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.

28.85

Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

230.8

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes 13 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for similar areas. The drive time to the city is 88 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

13

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.

88

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Peake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41125/peake/topic/transport